I didn’t advertise this last week, but Mike was away on his hunting adventures for the past week and a half. His friends own some land way out west in the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming. Now when I say “land” I mean just that. There are no buildings, plumbing, electricity or even roads on [...]

Fall is starting to creep up around here even if we’re still getting 80 degree days. All the pumpkin farms are now open, so Julie and I thought it would be fun to go for a little field trip with the “babies”. We’ve been passing the larger than life sign pointing the way to Jerry [...]

The Johnsons were feeling sorry for the girls and me since Mike was away this weekend, so they invited us along on their Honeycrisp apple picking tour. I tasted a Honeycrisp apple a few years ago and knew right then and there that those were my absolute favorite apples. However, with a $3+/lb price tag [...]

I’ve been seeing so many handmade handbags lately on my many favorite, craft blogs which have made me so envious. After I saw this tutorial I knew I had to make one for myself. I already knew what fabric to use since I had an odd amount of fabric leftover from my den project. The [...]

Violet took her time getting to this point, but she is finally gaining the confidence to voluntarily walk on her own. She is definitely proud of herself. So are her big sisters who have been “training” her for weeks. Annie and Mimi have been relentless with her, and Violet only retreated to her professional crawling [...]